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DU Restocks The Cupboard With Two Local Recruits

Mike Chambers Blog has the breaking story on two scholarship players that will join the University of Denver hockey program next season. Daniel Doremus (6'1 192 lbs) and Josiah Didier (6'2 200 lbs) will join the team a year earlier than expected, thanks to outstanding seasons in the USHL.

Both players will add some size and physical presence right off the bat next season.

anon 10:05 WRONG!!! You don't understand how the NHL operates under the curent agreement. When a player is 27 he goes "freebie". Therefore ,they don't want a 24 yr. old who will typically need a couple of years to get NHL ready and then seeya!By getting these two a year early we have a chance of keeping them another year. No sure thing but better chances.

"Three sheets in the wind" Aluuum is lost. All I meant was that it seemed strange to make a big fuss and get all dramatic over 2 recruits we already had.

Despite all this drama, my own sources -- separate from here and the Post -- seemed to indicate all along that Doremus was indeed headed to DU this year. I knew this a while ago. I posted this a while ago. Like I said, no real news here...move along.

Maybe, Aluuum, once you get your own connections you can get good info like I do without relying on this site or the Post for suspect info.

Doremus & Didier were not informed that there was a spot available for them at DU until last Sunday night when each of their teams were eliminated from the USHL playoffs.

If Dusty Jackson had decided to return that would have almost certainly impacted Doremus.

I would add that any individual that has access to the players or their families is going to get info faster than through the Post or LetsGoDU. When it comes to recruiting rumors, coaches can't say anything on the record to any reporter until the player signs a letter of intent. NCAA rules.

Yay! I'm just glad to see some HOCKEY news here; I know, hockey news is sparse this time of year; but lately this has been the DU Lacrosse blog. Sure, we're happy for the Lacrosse program - but least we forget - this always has been and always will be an ice hockey blog! But don't worry - under our sunscreen, shorts and sandals and sunglasses all summer long... we still maintain that CC sucks, North Dakota blows!